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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Notes and Opinions.

THE southern Dakota convention
passed resolutions demanding admis-
sion to the Union, but in two states.
THE very hungry and the very thirsty
have got there, Mr.. Curtis And you
gave them good lift.-Hartord Post.
A LEADING Chicago financier tells a
correspondent that expansion of credit
is the cause of the prevailing dizziness
of trade.
THE Blaine men are said to have
fixed things in Ohio so that the re-
publican state convention will not en-
dorse Sherman.
ABOUT next January you will be
sorry for all the hard things you are
now saying about this weather. Conn
mercial Advertiser.
NOTING the clean sweep which the
administration has made, Horper'S
Weekly asks: Where is the gain for
reform?" and leaves its question to be
answered by others.
The animosities engendered by the
rebellion will disappear in time, but
the longer that unpleasantness " is
remembered the less danger there will
be of another civil war in this country.
THE heated term in some parts of the
country is almost unprecedented, but in
this section it has not been very OPP
pressive. 1t has been a fine time fol
hay-making, and the crops have made
a splendid growth.
THE abandoned weather prophet who
rose last February to remark that this
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
The New Pension Bill.

The new pension bill which the
Grand Army has submitted to the posts
of the country designed as substitute
for the one President Cleveland vetoed)
provides that all persons who served
three months or more in the military
or naval service of the government
shall receive, if they are suffering from
mental or physical disability, not re-
suting from their own vicious habits,
which totally incapacitates them from
manual labor, So per month, and that
widows and minor children of soldiers,
dependent, shall receive So per month.
One of the statements which it is
claimed had some influence in defeat
ing the original dependent bill was that
it would add 100000 pensioners to the
rolls, increasing the whole number to
ABOUT $4,000. The commissioner of
pensions made official inquiry for the
purpose of ascertaining the number of
veterans who were in alms-houses in
this country, and found there were
nearly 5000. To this number he added
5000 to represent those who were at
that time dependent upon private
charity, making the whole number
$4,000. In order to make a liberal
allowance in the estimate Commissioner
Black called the number 5000, which
at S144 year for each pensioner, would
cost So, 100000. To meet all possible
contingencies the Grand Army COM
mittee having the matter in charge
based their estimates upon $4,000 de-
pendents and less than 5000 dependent
parents-a total of 80, 900, which would
require S7,920,000 per annum. The
entire number Of invalid pensioners
those receiving pensions for wounds or
disease contracted in the service-is
less than 100000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Obituary..

BANCRoFT.-Lucy G.. Powers, wife of
Perrin Bancroft, departed this life at her
home in Barre Wednesday, July 9th, aged
sixty-two years. The deceased was the
seventh of family of eight daughters, but
two of whom survive her. OF her own
family circle her husband and two children
a son and daughter-reman to mourn her
death. Her life had been passed in the i'm
mediate vicinity of her last earthly home,
and during all these years, by her kindly
and helpful ministrations at the bedsides of
the sick and in the homes of the needy, she
had endeared herself to a wide circle of
friends many of whom gathered at the
funeral service to sympathize with the be-
reaved and to show by their presence an
appreciation of their own loss. Mrs. Ban
croft had been for many years consistent
and worthy member of the Universalist
church. In her experience she found the
principles of the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man a constant source of
strength and help to her, and during her
long illness she frequently spoke to her
family and friends of the comfort she de-
rived from her faith in an immortality of
happiness and hope. Although her life was
not marked by any of those startling cpl
sodes which arrest the attention of the
world, yet in the quiet way along which
she walked, by her purity and faithfuness,
of the duties which fell to her lot, she demons
strated the worth of true womanly charaC-
ter, and in her death leaves to all memory
which will be tenderly cherished and an ex-
ample which may be followed with profit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Vermont Press Association.
EXCURSION TO NANTUCKET AND ANNUAL
MEETING.

Members of the Vermont Press Associa-
ton accompanied by ladies and invited
guests, left for Nantucket last week Tues
day, going by way of Bellows, Falls, Fitch
burg and Boston. The party arrived in
Boston about seven O'Clock and was quar-
tered at the United States Hotel, where
they found comfortable accommodations
and a satisfactory cuisine. Several of the
party went to Nantasket in the evening,
others visited friends in the city and few
attended the promenade concert by Neu-
dendorff's orchestra of fifty pieces in Music
Hall, and afterwards visited the new office
of the Daily Globe and were courteously
permitted to inspect the various depart
ments of that great establishment. Wednes-
day forenoon was spent in business calls,
shopping and sightseeing. Several visited
the cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg.
At one O'Clock the party left Boston for
Woods Holl, where the steamer was to be
taken for Nantucket and were favored
with private car. The members of the
association and guests comprising the party
were Hon. c. G. Benedict and wife, f. b.
Whiting, Mrs. Bowers Miss Bowers j. T..
Harris and Frank Brown, Burlington
Colonel Albert Clarke, wife and daughter,
j. w. Champion and wife, Mrs. Francisco
and son, Il. l.. Temple, Rutland; Governor
f. j. Ormsbee and wife and Miss Ormsbee
Brandon; acknowledgement Fuller and
wife, Hon. b. ID. Harris and wife, Mrs. j.
b. Woods, Colonel G. w. Hooker, wife and
son, Mrs ID, Leonard and Mrs DR. Tucker,
Brattleboro; Colonel T.. III. Powell and
wife, Richford; Hon. c. S. Page and
son, l.. ii. Lewis, Hyde Park; Hon. A. n.
Swain and wife and friends, Bellows
Falls; G. n. Adams and Miss Adams,
Windsor; Captain c. S. Forbes, st. Al
Adams l.. o. Greene, wife and daughter,
Woodstock ID. w, Dixon, Montpelier; G.
NJ. Stone and wife and II. b. Davis, St.
Johnsbury; G. f. Ranney and wife, New
port; Hon. &. III. Blake, Hon. w. w.
Grout, Barton; A Ropes Montpelier; w.
f. Scott and wife, Barre; o. NJ. Tinkham
and wife, North Pomfret; ID. l.. Milliken,
\ Maiden, Mass. formerly publisher of the
| Vermont Record of Brattleboro); G. w. Os-
good, wife and daughter of Boston; Cap
! tain Curtis Abbott, Boston.
The trip by the steamer from Woods Holl
across Vineyard Sound was delightful
one. On their arrival the party We're con-
Veyed in carriages to "The Nantucket "
! hotel, which has a breezy location near the
waters edge and at some distance from the
! town. After an excellent supper "A short
! business meeting was held in the parlor,
! Following the reading of the minutes of the
! last annual meeting and the treasurers re-
| port committees on nominations and reso-
lutions We're elected, and the subjects of
advertising and the next annual meeting
We're discussed at some length. The meet
! ing then adjourned until the following
evening. Thursday was "A beautiful day,
with fair skies and comfortable tempera-
| ture, and the excursonists improved every
minute in yachting, fishing, bathing, driving
about the town and visiting the principal
points of interest. In the afternoon they
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
The Sea-Serpent as Land-Lubber.


A Lake George correspondent caps the
climax in stories about the Lake Champlain
sea-serpent. He says: 1.-The sea-serpent
lately seen by party of picnickers, among
whom was minister, on Lake Champlain,
and which measured seventy-five feet in
length and was as large as a mlk-can, has
left the lake and is making his way in the
direction of Lake George overland. He
was seen last night about five o'clock by a
farmer while driving to his barn with load
of hay. CHANGING to look behind him from
his perch on the load he saw sight which
he will never forget as long as he lives. Not
five rods behind him, gliding along like a
snake, with his head raised about four feet
from the ground, was an immense monster
anywhere from twenty-five to seventy-tive
feet in length, with gray and black streaks
running lengthwse of its body, which was
covered with scales. When the farmer first
saw it the monster was making directly for
him, but as the farmer began to shout for
assistance to his men, whom he had left in
the field, it suddenly changed its course and
disappeared into some dense underbrush.
Its trail was plainly seen, but so great was
the fear of the farmer after seeing it that he
would not let his men follow the serpent,
which he says he has no doubt is the true
and only sea-serpent of Lake Champlain.
BY the general direction of its trail it is
thought it has reached Lake George ere this,
and is no doubt resting beneath its limpid
waters from the fatigue of its journey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
A Surprise.

Mr.. Eduor John Hanson Craig, -" the
heaviest man in the world, )" has spent a few
days in Montpelier, and on Saturday last
received an invitation to visit him. On
complying and introducing myself, Mr..
Craig surprised me by presenting to me
letter written by myself to his mother, and
also card from my sister, the late Mrs.
Wing, given by her to his mother at Los
Angeles Cal. Heat the same time exhib-
tied to me photograph of his mother, which
/ know to be genuine, because / have in my
possession another photograph of larger
size, sent to me by his mother and of which
he had no knowledge. Now / have to say
that his mother, Helen NJ. Craig was a
granddaughter of Matthew Lyon and great
granddaughter of Thomas Chittenden, the
first governor of Vermont. Mrs. Beulah
Galusha, fourth daughter Of Governor
Thomas Chittenden, married Matthew Lyon,
whose daughter married DR.. Hanson Catlett,
an assistant surgeon in the United States
army, as has been vouched for in letter to
myself by the Hon. w. w. Corcoran Of
Washington city. Mrs. Hanson Catlett was
the mother Of Mrs. Helen NJ. Craig, the
mother of John Hanson Craig, who claims
to be " the heaviest man in the world" his
weight at one period being eight hundred
twelve pounds or about equal to a Morgan
horse! Who will dare to say that Vermont
stock is not good and great?
f. p. WALTON.
Montpelier, July Is, 1887.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Injustice and SANDER.
From the Rarton Monitor

We are not surprised that certain news
papers in the state, which may always be
counted on the side of anti-temperance legis-
lation, and whose publishers run liquor adj
vertisements, should publish slanderous ar
ticles on the legislature, the temperance
school-book commissioners, Mrs Hunt, Mrs
Perkins, and all who had anything to dc
with procuring temperance instruction legs.
laton but that the editor of the Rurdi FER
nlonter should be found in this company
and be led into the publishing of a scandal
Gus, unjust and untruthful article, is a great
wonder. In brief article he claims that a
woman lobby by its Establishments ca
joled the legislature; that the state has
been involved in the expenditure of $4,000
for temperance textbooks which apparently
are worth but little more than old paper. "
The legislature will not suffer great scandal
in its attempt TO give the state a temperance
instruction law, unless there is something
more than the rash statement of very err
ratio editor, nor will the commissioners
w. Z. Dillingham;, A. b. Valentine and u. NJ
Mansur-be brought into contempt by few
editors who make themselves ridiculous, il
not silly by declaring that the books
adopted " are worth little more than old
paper" They are in the hands of the peo-
pie and we venture the assertion that
neither the astute editor of the Rural nor
the majority of the people could correctly
answer one-half of the questions asked in
the " Primer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
A Growing Question.

There are increasing signs that the
proposition to restrict immigration is
growing in public favor-hardly less
among the foreign-born citizens al
ready established here than among the
native American element. We have
recently quoted Grand Master Work
man Powderly's strong words on the
subject. In an address on the Fourth
of July at Saybrook, ILL.,, Senator Gull
lom referred to the matter as follows:
" We talk about protection of human
industry and home labor, yet home
labor, either native or naturaliZed, can
not be protected while the gates of our
ports of entry are opened wide to the
thousands of persons sent here by
other countries to tighten their own
burdens. immigration should not be
stopped, but it should be so regulated
that the eighteen million persons now
in this country engaged in gainful oc-
equations should not be thrown out of
employment or forced to accept wages
which will not support them and their
families and give them fair chance in
the race of life." Other prominent
men have expressed similar views on
the question. There is now federal
law which empowers customs and inn
migration officials to forbid the landing
of insane, criminal and pauper immi-
grants, but its provisions are not suf-
ficiently stringent to meet all require
ments, and it is either evaded or so
construed as to leave it practically
without force. Judge Brown of the
New York district federal court has
rendered decision that partially de-
feats the intent of the law, so that it
will be necessary for congress to make
the statute more effective. One fact is
suggested by the heavy tide of immi-
grafton that is coming to our shores,
and that is that immigration always
sets toward a country where the great
est prosperity prevails at the time. 1t
is singular, too, that so many people
should want to leave Great Britain
which enjoys the " blessings of free
trade and come to a country that is
suffering from SO the blighting effects of
protective tariff" Perhaps the free
traders can explain it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Farmers and Business Men.

We find in the report of discussion
by the farmers club of Oxford, Me-,
some pertinent thoughts and sugges-
tions on this subject which are well
worth considering by farmers. One
point is that too many farmers do not
wisely forecast; they should take an in
ventory of personal property once a
year, make a careful estimate of prob
able expenditures and of income, and
see how they will balance, and if it is
found that the probabilities are that
the outlay will exceed the income,
cut down expenses in advance. OF
course this involves close and intelli-
gent calculation and some trouble, but
in the long run it would be to the adj
vantage of most farmers. Another
point is that many farmers are not as
careful of their credit as they ought to
be. The fact that the farmer is fix
ture on his land TO great extent
makes merchants and agents more
willing to trust him than men of most
other classes; and the farmer is tempted
to buy many things he can go without
because he can get a long credit. A
large per cent of farmers keep no ac
counts. They do not charge the mer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

chant with produce sold him, or even
carry a pass-book, but depend on the
merchants books entirely, letting the
account run year or more. The re-
suit is often unpleasant misunderstand-
ings and sometimes disputed accounts
and expensive litigation. To still
greater extent it is true that they do
not keep detailed account of their
own business, and while the manufac-
turer knows what it costs him to pro-
duce an article and the merchant can
strike balance at least once a year
and tell just what he has made or lost,
with too many farmers it is mostly
guess-work. Another point relates to
buying and selling. Many farmers pay
too large profits on some classes of
goods because they do not inform
themselves of the state of the markets,
and for the same reason they sell their
products for less than the market price.
With more business-like methods in
conducting their operations there are
many farmers who might make sub
stantial improvement in their condition
and prospects.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
The Grandest Yet Seen.


The mere mention of the approach of p.
T. Barnum's great shows is enough to cause
every child's heart to beat faster. 1t is like
spring flowers to girlhood; in fact, all
classes, rich and poor, old and young, are
more or less interested in this event, for
there is a pleasure, a joy, surprise, wonder,
amusement, laughter and instruction to be
found within its truly enormous tents that
can be found nowhere else, and the enter
tanment furnished this year is of so royalty
magnificent kind that it has been compared
to " revel in Wonderland" by the press
and public. The naming of only few of
the marvellous features of the United Bar
nun and London shows is like reading of
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp" First,
there are the performances by triple cir
Gus in three big rings; then there are the
special acts on "A huge elevated stage; then
the many marvellous feats of the ;erialists,
ascensonists, trapeZsts, etc, and then
follow the thrilling and glorious contests of
the great Roman hippodrome, with two and
four-hoTSe chariot races, elephant, camel,
monkey-jockey, fiat, hurdle, steeple-chase,
foot and animal races, on track forty feet
wide and nearly half mile around; then
the mammoth museum, with It's living won
derS and curiosities; then the reproduction
of the monster Jumbo, the big ivory-boned
skeleton; Alice, Jumbo's widow; the Won
derful hairy family from Burmah, King
Theebaw's sacred mascotS; Captain Paul
Boyton in his marvellous aquatic per-
formances in a specially-constructed lake
of crystal water; the flying gymnasium,
wherein Senior Myers performs daring feats
on the trapeze while travelling at the rate
of thirty miles an hour; then the two double
menageries; then the three hundred tons
of performing elephants and the twelve
little fellows doing all kinds of odd tricks;
then the world of natural history confined
in cages, besides birds, beasts and huge
serpents; then the big tents and the
myriads of features, such as dwarfs, fat
people, Skeletons etc. AS a show, this is
the greatest the mind of man ever gave
birth to, and when exhibited in the city of
New York attracted the enormous number of
five hundred thousand visitors, creating in
Philadelphia most profound sensation, and
everywhere else the same. 1t has been
visited by judges, lawyers, clergymen and
the leading men of the army navy and the
nation, and is highly endorsed by all and
every one 1t is certainly a most wonderful
affair and well deserves its title of the
greatest on earth, while the admission price
is the same as to an ordinary show, being
only fifty cents. These monster nine shows
combined will he at Montpelier on Saturday,
July 80 Two performances will be given at
two and eight r. NJ, and the parade takes
place in the streets at eight o'clock in the
morning.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

August 16. An order Of exercises was ar
ranged and will be published shortly. 1t is
expected that the procession will be an i'm
posing one and that fully 10000 will partici-
pate. The procession will consist of the
First Brigade Vermont National Guard,
the Grand Army, the governors of Vermont,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and
stats, representative Of the United States
government, judges Of the supreme court
and federal officials and civic societies. The
Masonic division will consist of the Yer
mont grand and subordinate communicates
REINFORCED by the Knights Templar of other
states, There will probably be one thou
sand Sir Knights in full uniform. The
parade and ceremonies will take place in
the afternoon and will be followed by re-
view of the brigade by Governor Ormsbee
and visiting officials.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

IT is said that signs of exhaustion in
the oil-producing regions can be clearly
recognized. During the last four years
there has been steady diminution in
the output, accompanied by an increase
in the price per barrel. Mr.. Wrigley,
an expert, announced in 1882 that
154 100000 barrels of oil had already
been raised up to the beginning of that
year, and expressed the opinion that
not more than 96000,000 barrels re-
NAMED to be raised. In this last es-
innate he was undoubtedly mistaken,
for up to the beginning of 1885 no
fewer than 261 900, 900 barrels had been
raised, and in the year 1885 as many as
21,043,041 barrels (nearly 100000
fewer than in 1SS4) were obtained.
But although it is possible that even
now much more oil remains to be put
out than most experienced biologists
suppose, the supply must sooner or
later be exhausted. The waste by fire
and other causes has been enormous.
The expense of bringing oil to the sur
face grows greater year by year and
threatens to become so great as to COM
pei a suspension of work. With the
failure of the oil supply all the collat-
eral branches of industry associated
with it will go down. There is one
consolation in this outlook, and that is
that the days of the Standard Oil mo-
nopoly are numbered.